choosing a restaurant, Gluten Free Restaurants
A member of our gluten free community sent these comments on choosing a ‘safe’ restaurants. After you read these thoughts, I will comment on them.
“North Americans eat out on average four times per week, which means that the chances of ingesting wheat or gluten if you are not careful can be quite high.
choosing a restaurant, Gluten Free Restaurants
This is the third and final step in choosing a gluten free restaurant. Note that this post is titled “VISIT the restaurant”. There is still a very real possibility that you will choose to dine elsewhere. In the words of celiac-maven Jax Peters Lowell, “there are worse things in this world than being called ‘fussy’.
You may wish to read or re-read the first two parts of this article. Your first step was to explore your options. The second step was to study the websites of restaurants that looked promising. The final step is to actually visit the restaurant you have chosen. Keep these thoughts in mind during your visit:
♦ Be prepared to leave if necessary. Don’t go with a large group Don’t go with anyone who would be upset by your decision to leave. The decision to leave is hard enough under the best of circumstances.
choosing a restaurant, Gluten Free Restaurants
You can learn a great deal about a restaurant by “reading between the lines” on their website. Ask yourself questions like these:
♦ Is the restaurant certified? The Gluten Free Restaurant Awareness Program (GFRAP), a service of the Gluten Intolerance Group, certifies restaurants that meet fairly strict requirements. Their logo should be displayed on the site. (Oddly enough, some restaurants go to the effort and then don’t display the GRAP logo. I’m not sure what to think about those restaurants.)
choosing a restaurant, Gluten Free Restaurants
At least three steps are involved in choosing a gluten free restaurant:
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